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From: candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
Newsgroups: comp.mobile.ipad,misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.sys.mac.advocacy
Subject: Re: How to copy a photo from Windows to iOS without needing
 Internet servers
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2025 14:00:04 -0000 (UTC)
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Marion <marion@facts.com> wrote at 18:11 this Tuesday (GMT):
> On Sun, 13 Apr 2025 18:50:04 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote :
>
>
>>> Then use the far simpler method of connecting to your Windows machine via
>>> the Files app. Make sure you have Sharing enabled in Windows first. Simple
>>> and new apps required. 
>> 
>> Thanks, but I use Linux, and I already stated I'm fine with just using
>> ifuse and a usb cable. Or KDE Connect.
>
> I will agree with anyone who says something sensible that is logically
> defensible, where I agree with candycane that Linux iFuse is the way to go.
>
> What AFC/iFuse allows on Linux is bidirectional iOS transfers over USB!
> a. Note it's over USB (not over Wi-Fi or the cloud)
> b. Note you can WRITE to iOS over USB!

You are still somewhat limited to only the photo album and app-specific
folders. Still works well for my usecase, since I only really use it to
copy files into VLC.

> When I used to dual boot my Windows desktop to Ubuntu, I was initially
> shocked at how *easy* it was to attain USB read access to iOS' file system!
> <https://i.postimg.cc/s2x0f9Js/files14.jpg> Linux, win10 & iOS together
> <https://i.postimg.cc/g269S8rT/files13.jpg> How does macOS work with iOS?
> <https://i.postimg.cc/pVJf72fN/files12.jpg> iOS hacks very often will fail
> <https://i.postimg.cc/cChf8mx1/files11.jpg> iOS requires hacks to copy
> <https://i.postimg.cc/9MGdc2s7/files10.jpg> Android is 2-way fast over USB
> <https://i.postimg.cc/mDx3xkp4/files09.jpg> iOS is only DCIM & only 1-way 
> <https://i.postimg.cc/3xcCBngd/files08.jpg> iOS is a dumb brick on Windows
> <https://i.postimg.cc/KjK4nHwf/files07.jpg> Ubuntu is two-way, everything
> <https://i.postimg.cc/Jhmy9KH7/files06.jpg> Ubuntu iFuse is just magical
> <https://i.postimg.cc/qqg61Rh8/files05.jpg> Ubuntu, movies _to_ iOS on USB
> <https://i.postimg.cc/QMk7tvZW/files04.jpg> Ubuntu is two way, everything
> <https://i.postimg.cc/d3SGkdgr/files03.jpg> Android is two way, everything
> <https://i.postimg.cc/L8b18Zmx/files02.jpg> iOS "Files" is nothing useful
> <https://i.postimg.cc/NFkXsJ0X/files01.jpg> iOS/Win is 1-way & DCIM only
>
> That's USB. Not SMB. Not anything else. It's USB file transfers with iOS!
>
> Since all that USB magic was done by iFuse, I desperately searched for a
> Windows implementation of iFuse - but alas - it doesn't appear to exist.
>
> That's sad because with tricks using Apple File Conduit (AFC) over USB that
> only one in a million people are aware of, you can write to iOS' filesys.
>
> Yes. Write. To much of the iOS filesys. Not just to DCIM! 
> <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios180.jpg> Read & write all!
> <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios170.jpg> Anywhere you want
> <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios160.jpg> Any file you want
> <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios150.jpg> Copy Win10 to iOS
> <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios140.jpg> read & write iOS
> <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios130.jpg> iFuse mounts all!
> <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios120.jpg> iFuse mounts iOS
> <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios110.jpg> iFuse Windows mnt
> <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios100.jpg> iFuse is native 
> <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios090.jpg> Nobody knows this
> <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios080.jpg> The trick!
> <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios070.jpg> Look closely
> <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios060.jpg> Both read & write
> <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios050.jpg> Including DCIM
> <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios040.jpg> View iOS filesys
> <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios030.jpg> iOS mounts 
> <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios020.jpg> Allow access?
> <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios010.jpg> Trust Computer?
> <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios000.jpg> Ubuntu before iOS
>
> Notice I copied huge feature-length films from Ubuntu to iOS sandboxes!
> Alas, iFuse & AFC do not exist (AFAIK) on either Windows and Android.


I think some people have tried porting it, but because Windows doesn't
have FUSE, it's more difficult.
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